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Synchronizing Work Schedules Across Cultures

Happy summer to those of you living in the northern hemisphere! Here in Washington DC, we’ve enjoyed unseasonably cooler temperatures ...
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Cultural Misfit or Chameleon?

Each time I take a transatlantic flight I find myself in that zone, somewhere high in the clouds over the ...
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Thawing Cross-Cultural Tensions

Like many of you at least in the eastern part of the U.S., I’m waiting with much anticipation for spring ...
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Diplomacy and Cultural Faux Pas

President Obama was chided this week for removing chewing gum from his mouth during a state visit with India’s Prime ...
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How Well Do You Listen?

With recent world events such as the uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri, the wars in Gaza, the Ukraine, and Syria, or ...
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Constructive Feedback Across Cultures

I recently received some negative feedback from someone that shook me by the aggressive and public nature in which it ...